~APPLICATION DEADLINE UPDATE~
By Tuesday, November 27 at 5 pm, the Kohl Teacher and Student Award applications must be completed online using the Foundation’s new application portal. The Principal Leadership Award applications are due Tuesday, December 4 at 5 pm.
Nominated teachers and principals receive login credentials once their nomination has been received. Student applicants must create an account found here.
Paper applications are not available and will not be accepted.
The application is a two-stage submission process. In the first stage, applicants complete the general information fields and questions located in the tabs of the online application. This stage also includes a tab for submitting email addresses of the people from whom the applicant is requesting the three required letters of recommendation.
The second stage of the application is the submission of the letters of recommendation by the authors of those letters, not the applicant. This stage can only happen if the application is submitted in the first stage. The email addresses that were listed on the application are used to automatically notify the people that they have been asked to author a letter of recommendation. The notification includes a link to login to the online portal. Letters must be typed in the online portal and authors should follow the guidelines and directives noted very carefully before submitting the letter. The portal does not allow file uploading.
Applicants are not able to see the letters of recommendation but are notified as each letter is submitted. Once all three letters are submitted, the application is considered complete and is sent to the appropriate jurisdiction for review and scoring.
The teacher and students applications are due on Tuesday, November 27 at 5:00 pm. Principal applications are due on Tuesday, December 4 at 5:00 pm. Any application not received by that time or that does not have all three letters of recommendation will not be considered.
If you do not know your jurisdiction, you can find it by going here and using the WCRIS Members map to find your school and jurisdiction.
Remember to use the name listed on the DPI’s Private School Directory when looking up a school in the online application. If you cannot find your school name, you may have to add it manually to the school field.
